MALTESE PARLIAMENTARIANS TO ATTEND UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPEMENT

MALTESE PARLIAMENTARIANS TO ATTEND UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPEMENT 

A parliamentary delegation comprising the Hon Helen D'Amato and the Hon Leo Brincat will be attending the Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the Tenth Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD X) to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, between the 10th and 12th February 2000.

The parliamentary meeting on the occasion of UNCTAD X will be convened not only to discuss important issues to trade and development in the globalized world, but also to add a parliamentary dimension to the intergovernmental negotiating forum through its final document and a high level parliamentary statement to the UNCTAD X.

Participants will be debating the themes of UNCTAD X:

- equitable trading relationships;

- providing finance for development; and

- management of the global economy.

There will also be an exchange of views with regard to parliamentary strategies for effective follow-up of UNCTAD X.

8.02.2000